Free Speech
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'Rigged from the start': Bureaucrats face personal liability for firing 'Black privilege' professor
Judge denies qualified immunity to four University of Central Florida administrators including president, tasks jury with considering punitive damages. Two have moved on to Texas Tech, Yale.
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Professor punished for mocking 'land acknowledgment' on syllabus finds sympathy from appeals court
While University of Washington tells 9th Circuit it struck "perfect balance" between First Amendment rights of Stuart Reges and his students' feelings, judges suggest his punishment didn't match supposed harm to students.
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Key group in government censorship project boasted of suppressing Trump message, defunding newsrooms
Democracy Dies in Darkness? A new memo from the taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy shows grantee Global Disinformation Index viewed silencing Trump and toxifying certain news outlets to reduce their revenues as a win. The policy spread to other federal programs.
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Brown University opts not to punish student journalist who launched mini-DOGE of its administrators
Ivy League administration variously accused Alex Shieh of causing emotional distress to employees, improperly accessing a university database, "misrepresentation" for calling himself a reporter and, finally, trademark infringement.
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Walz opponent loses 'weaponized' censorship lawsuit against medical board Walz appointed, again
GOP nominee Scott Jensen "does not allege that he is in imminent danger of being silenced" after six costly, time-consuming probes that overlapped with gubernatorial campaign, Derek Chauvin prosecutor-turned-judge says.
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Nurses punished for warning friend about transgender surgery, criticizing 'transgender activists'
U.K.'s National Health Service reportedly sued for punishing Uganda-born nurse who referred to disruptive, racist pedophile prisoner as "mister" and "he" to a doctor.
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College can't punish math professor for criticizing low academic standards, appeals court rules
Lars Jensen was nearly fired for handing out flyers about potential harm to the community from lowering the "academic level" of math classes. Oregon sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind in "staggeringly low" student proficiency.
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FTC crashes FCC party in threats against Big Tech for censorship in tug-of-war with Europe, Brazil
Shadowbanning, demonetizing may violate consumer protection, competition laws under FTC purview, new agency chair warns. Section 230 "advisory opinion" could send Big Tech investors fleeing, columnist forecasts.
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Trump social media company sues Brazilian Supreme Court justice in global free speech fight
Lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida picks a global free speech fight aligned with the new Trump administration's priorities.
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Judge strips immunity from Ohio State officials for firing professor who 'triggered' student
Georgia State reverses ban on Christian apologist talking to students one on one - subject of SCOTUS precedent from 2021 - after legal warning letter, saving itself pricey settlement and officials personal liability.
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'A new bipolar order of speech': Musk caves to Europe as DOGE faces threats in review of USAID
USAID threatened to sue Sen. Joni Ernst and her staff for routine congressional oversight if information on its contracts "gets into the wrong hands," she claims.
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DEI oaths in taxpayer-funded medical schools draw legal threats, bump against Trump orders
UConn allegedly stonewalling free speech group since admissions staffer said its "slightly modified and updated" Hippocratic Oath is mandatory. University of Minnesota claimed it was optional after legal threat.
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Jewish and conservative students win Harvard concessions through lawsuits, perseverance, big names
Settlement binds Harvard to use stronger definition of antisemitism that includes anti-Zionist discrimination, train staff in it. Harvard Salient's building in Harvard Square serves as "hub" for groups promoting intellectual diversity.